The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 139 The Devil is in the World

At the Atel Mountain shooting range, Mexicans left the gun shop and came to the rest area.

There is a woman full of Latin style here, who is reading an old Los Angeles Times. The newspaper reported on LAPD's medal of this year. One of the big photos shows Erica Ferguson with the medal of heroes hanging .

Ayala, a Mexican-born, glanced at it and said, "The 23-year-old female sheriff is such an exaggeration."

The Latin woman said, "This is for us tens of millions of dollars in goods and dozens of brothers' blood."

Ayala said: "Camilla, the man rarely appears in public just now, but Erica Ferguson is a star police officer. Most of the people here know her. According to insiders, the person on the yacht is Ai. Lika’s boyfriend, they are very famous in the shooting range, I specifically asked, the person is right.”

Camilla tore off the picture of Erica and put it away, reminding him: "These two people are not ordinary people. One of them is the ruthless LAPD. Don't be careless or monitor them. We will use this place as a bridgehead to find opportunities."

Ayala reminded: "You can't do it here. Many coaches also serve as shooting coaches at the Western Police Department. They also have PDs coming to practice guns in their daily lives..."

Although Kamila hated her, she was not confused: "You have good shooting skills, try to get to know them, determine their movement trajectory, we will find the right place and opportunity, and kill them with one blow!"

Ayala and Camilla disguised themselves as couples, and through high expenses, they asked someone to introduce them, and became members here.

Camilla left alone, got into a Ferrari, took out Erica's clippings and burned it to ashes with a lighter.

After the Mule Gang she belonged to was captured in a hiding place in Venice, several managers sent over were arrested, and under the LAPD's preferential treatment, they explained two other locations.

Camilla's biological brother died under Erica Ferguson's gun while arrested by LAPD.

According to the news from the inside line, rumors inside LAPD, Erica never leaves a living under the gun.

Camilla thought about this and thought it was a coincidence that she never left a living under the gun.

...

Century City, Beverly Business Club.

Hawke met Josh Hartnett and his agent Will in the reception room.

Josh was full of energy, as if he was back in the Pearl Harbor period, and said, "My new film is in post-production and is expected to be released in February. You must attend the premiere at that time."

Hawke asked, “The Sanctioner is based on our affairs?”

"Yes, it's the one I mentioned last time." Josh thought he was reborn from the ashes: "I think it was very good and has the potential to sell well, especially based on the selfie door."

Will interrupted, "It comes with its own popularity and is full of gimmicks."

"I wish you success." Hawke said a nice word and asked directly: "You guys say there is a new business? It's related to this movie."

Josh didn't speak, and turned his head to look at Will.

Will said: "The director of "Sanctioner" has encountered some public opinion troubles, which may affect his reputation and drag on the movie. Josh and I have recommended you to him, you are the best at dealing with these troubles. It's been done."

What Hawke is most afraid of is that he is in trouble. Even when others are not in trouble, he is eager to help others create trouble.

He asked directly: "I'll look at the information first and find out the specific situation."

Necessary background checks are indispensable.

Will opened the briefcase, took out a document and handed it to Hawke: "Sterling is a veteran director who has worked with Robert Redford for a long time and founded the Sundance Film Festival."

Hawke once had a turbulent and turbulent moment at the Sundance Film Festival and had known about Robert Redford, the founder of the festival.

Redford started his career as an actor, starring in "The Great Gatsby" and "The Presidential Team" adapted from Watergate, etc. Later, he became a screenwriter, director and producer, and was nominated for Best Director at the Oscar.

Hawke saw the director's name on the profile: Sterling van Wagren.

He thought of the Hollywood Life that he had watched today and asked, “Because he violated minors?”

Josh answered, "Have you read the relevant reports?"

Hawke nodded slightly, said nothing more, closed the document directly and returned it to Will.

The latter next said: "Waglen is a very good director, has a wide range of friends in Hollywood, has a good reputation and is respected..."

"Nothing is important." Hawke interrupted him and stood up and walked towards the door.

Josh said anxiously: "I asked Sterling, and he said he did nothing, and those people simply wanted to blackmail a lot of money."

Although Hawke never thought of being a messenger of justice, and even whitewasted Josh Hartnett and Alison Fies with selfies, there are some things that even a person with a low bottom line are not willing to do. of.

Even the old beggar Frank looked down on the group of things that played with hairless black holes.

As for nothing? This is Hollywood.

Hawke politely said, "I have something to do, I'm leaving first."

Will knew that Hawke was the kind of person who could really turn the situation around and decided to use the most straightforward approach and said directly: "Sterling is willing to pay $1 million for this, and $1.2 million is not unanimous."

Hawke walked towards the door without looking back.

Will raises his voice: "$1.5 million, I can make the decision for Sterling."

Hawke turned around and said, "Nothing is critical."

He opened the door and made a gesture of invitation: "Two, it's time for you to leave."

Josh still wanted to speak, but Will saw that the other party didn't want to answer at all. He grabbed Josh's arm and shook his head.

The two left the reception room together.

Hawke closed the door, took out the recorder from his pocket, and pressed the stop button.

He turned on the computer in the reception room and searched the Internet, and found that there was almost no news about Wagren's infringement except for "Hollywood Life" and several forum websites.

Unfortunately, it was not a weekend. The News of the World was not released, and the Sun was not paying much attention to Hollywood.

The latter is extremely reliable in gossip scandals.

Hawke turned off his computer, but there were not many reports in the media, and Will came to him at a high price. It is actually not difficult to guess that most of the things are true.

There are few reports from the media, and it is obviously suppressed.

There are countless scandals that have been suppressed in Hollywood.

But then he thought, this matter seemed to be simple, and there might be situations behind it that he didn't understand.

Hollywood has been a long history of infringing on child stars. For the sake of future and money, victims often shut up, and even if they are asked, they will not take the initiative to say it.

Many of the news revealed were disclosed by some child stars after they changed their adult tracks.

For example, those who have been doing well in Hollywood after adulthood and continue to eat the movies and TV, they just didn't happen before, or they noticed the risks at that time and ran away early.

Hawke couldn't care about so much, so he took his bag back.

In the parking lot outside the club.

Josh got into the car, looked at Will in the driver's seat, and asked, "Is that guy Hawk's head wrong? $1.5 million, he actually refused."

He spread his hands: "Isn't this normal in Hollywood?"

Will was also a little surprised: "The previous cooperation was the kind of person who was jealous of money."

"You want to take down Wagren's directorial business, what should you do next?" Josh asked.

"There are no Hawke and West Coast Studios, there are other people and other companies," Will said. He pondered a little, "Let's go to the full-speed PR company and talk to Rooney Chasen."

Josh put on his seat belt: "That's all we can do."

...

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

In the luxurious manor that covers a huge area, many people have come because of the Christmas party.

After dinner, Erica and Brian were called to the study.

There were six people sitting in the study. Erica greeted her one by one and went straight to sit down next to her grandmother Barbara.

Her father, Carter Ferguson, and her mother, Mary, are right across from her.

Brian also wanted to say hello, but before his mouth opened, his father Gordon Ferguson scolded him: "Do it quickly, don't drag it on."

Carter gently patted Brian on the back to show comfort. Brian sat down honestly.

Paul Ferguson, the oldest, looked at Brian: "How was that thing you pushed?"

"I told three child stars and their parents, and Hollywood Life and the other two media reported on it." Brian was not as unrighteous as he appeared: "But the Hollywood circle is seriously blue, and related The same is true for the entertainment media circle, and the reports have not caused much storm."

Erica was surprised, how could grandpa care about these things? He even called himself over.

Father Carter shook his head at her and signaled not to interrupt.

Paul glanced at Erica and said, "You have been promoted to sheriff now, and your growth rate is far beyond my boldest expectations. Compared to your peers who only know how to get dividends, you are already at the key to your life. At the node, some things should be known."

Gordon Ferguson took over: "We are preparing to launch a recall plan for Gov. Davis. This little thing Brian did is to open a gap at the outermost point and also a temptation."

He couldn't help but shake his head: "It's just so good."

Even in America and in the eyes of my father, my son should be better.

Brian could only remain silent.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Paul had a kind face, but his words were equally strict: "Since you have decided to go into politics, you must prove that you have such ability."

Brian said, "I will." He glanced at Erica in secret: "I decided to invite a friend to be my partner."

Erica reacted very quickly: "You want to invite Hawk?"

"Of all the people I know, he's the best at dealing with this kind of incident," Brian said.

Barbara held his granddaughter's hand: "Do you often talk to me about Hawk Osmon?"

Erica nodded slightly, “Yes.”

Gordon asked, “Who is he?”

"Erika's boyfriend is from Jeffrey City, Wyoming," Carter said simply: "A young man who is good at dealing with a PR crisis."

Paul said slowly, "Don't worry about where he comes from, it depends on what he has done, where he stands, and how powerful he is."

Brian understood and said, "I will send an invitation."

Paul waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, let's go."

Erica looked at her grandma and Barbara patted her hands.

She immediately stood up and followed her parents out of the study.

Mary fell behind, waiting for her daughter to follow, and said softly, "We are not against your relationship. Before I met your father, I was just a beauty pageant champion in a small town, but everyone will make a choice. Dear, you can't interfere. His choice.”

Erica let go of the cell phone in her pocket: "Mom, I understand."

On the other hand, although Gordon was quite dissatisfied with his waste son, he still called him and said, "You are just one of the four most external plans. This is not only a search for a gap, but also an assessment of your younger generation. In California, Place, we don’t waste our limited resources on a waste.”

Brian kept nodding, no matter what I said, he would listen obediently.

In this plan, with his qualifications and age, he can only be a soldier on the periphery. The higher-level affairs are what his father's generation is doing.

Brian found a quiet place, dialed Hawke's number, and heard that he was sleeping in a daze over there, and raised his voice: "Bitch, come out and have fun!"

Hawke just fell asleep and was woken up by the phone. He said angrily: "Celebrating that you have AIDS?"

Brian solemnly reminded: "We have agreed not to mention this."

"Okay, my fault." Hawke asked, "Is there anything wrong with calling so late?"

Brian said, “Come out and have a serious talk.”

Hawke was surprised: "Aren't you having a family party? Is it over?"

Brian said, "Hey man, you're so verbose."

"You always want me to vent my anger, right?" Hawke asked for an address, washed up and changed his clothes, and drove out the door.

More than ten minutes later, Hawke came to Beverly Hills and found what Brian called a single-family villa and quickly drove inside.

There was a light at the door of the villa and Brian stood there.

Hawke got out of the car and asked, "How many beauties are prepared?"

Brian was serious: “A case was prepared for a headache.”

The two entered the villa together and sat on the sofa.

Brian took a file bag and handed it to Hawke: "Let's see?"

"You have received high attorney fees for the case I asked you for help." Hawke specifically reminded: "I believe you won't be free."

Brian's face turned a little more: "Am I a free person?"

Hawke took out the files in the file bag, glanced at them quickly, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"What's wrong? Is it difficult?" Brian asked.

Hawke shook his head: "I don't know whether it's difficult or not, but it's strange that the same case was found by two groups of people in one day."

This time it was Brian's turn to be surprised: "Someone has found you? Have you agreed?"

"No." Hawke didn't look down, and explained it clearly first: "If you are Van Wagren's lawyer, I won't look down. Two people asked me to help him cleanse him this afternoon, but I refused. .”

Brian said, "I am the attorney for the victim." He couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect you to have a sense of justice."

Hawke didn't answer his words, but instead asked, "Why did you take such a case? Money? Or a sense of justice?"

"No need to say something as luxurious as a sense of justice." Brian said: "Money depends on whether you can win. Most of the cases are paid for by a commission, and I cannot reveal the confidentiality clauses of the law firm. I'll give it to you, but I can guarantee that West Coast Studios will earn more than $1 million."

Hawke picked up the documents and continued to search, saying as he looked, "There are other purposes."

Brian knew he could not hide it: "Open a gap, affect some people, and force them to make concessions."

Hawke understood as soon as he heard it, "Man, you're going to pull me into the water."

"You chose Erica yourself." Brian said directly: "It's not me who pulled you into the water, but your choice."

Hawke knew very well that sooner or later, he would stop talking for the time being and concentrate on reading the information brought by Brian.

There are three victims, all of which are underage girls, and the oldest is named Rachel. She described being molested by Van Wagren, one of the producers during her role in "The Angel of Confidentiality" and "Simone". and infringement.

Another one is Judy, who is younger than Rachel and currently only appears in commercials and children's MVs. Van Wagren uses the temptation to provide movie roles and train her to perform separately...

There is another one called Amanda, and the situation is similar to Judy.

Hawke read it once and said, "I was curious in the afternoon why these young actors and their parents dared to stand up? It turns out that you are doing work behind the scenes."

Brian said: "I mentioned this to you when Erica was awarding me a medal, but I was not sure if I could convince them to stand up. In fact, there were more victims, but they were the only ones. Willing to stand up."

Hawke said directly: "Hollywood is full of victims."

"As you said, we may have a sense of justice, but not much," Brian said directly. "My goal is very clear, targeting Van Wagren."

Hawk thought for a moment and said, "I've watched a zombie movie and remembered that there is a saying in it - **** is empty, and the demon is in the world."

Brian stretched out his hand: "We two cooperate to be a demon hunter once?"

Hawke thought of the long-term goal, reached out and held Brian's hand, saying, "$1.2 million, and you want to explain your true goal to me."

"This matter involves the governor level. I am not qualified now. I don't know exactly what the big guys above do." Brian said directly: "Do you remember what I mentioned to you last time? Davis The governor made California's finances a mess, and some people wanted to remove him and push Arnold to the top."

Hawke immediately remembered the action superstar who married a Kennedy family woman and said, "Schwarzenegger?"

Brian nodded: "It is ready to push him to the top, but it is not easy to remove a governor. Hollywood people and companies have always been left-leaning. We have received news that a confidant Davis has a personal relationship with Van Wagren. dense."

Hawke asked, "Want to open a breakthrough from here?"

"It's not just here," Brian said simply: "In fact, there are several groups of people looking for breakthroughs in different places."

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